Louisiana Crab Task Force

The Louisiana Crab Task Force is responsible for advising LDWF and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on the management and development of the crab industry in Louisiana.

Upcoming Meetings

Task force meetings are open to the public.

Full Task Force

Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 1 pm
LDWF Headquarters
2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70898

Due to the public health emergency guidelines established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, only 40 members of the public will be allowed in the meeting room at one time. All members of the public will have to wear a mask to enter the building. To listen in to the meeting via webinar register below. You can also call in via phone at 215.861.0674; use the password 806520#.

Committees

There are no committee meetings scheduled at this time; please check back.

For more information, contact Peyton Cagle at pcagle@wlf.la.gov or 337.491.2575
or Allison West at awest@wlf.la.gov or 504.286.8739.

Members

Louisiana Crab Task Force members include representatives from the crab industry and related state agencies. Members are appointed by the Secretary of LDWF.

Current Members

Crab Dealers and Processors	Soft Shell Crab Producers	Commercial Hard Crab Fishermen	Administration (Nonvoting)
Eric Blanchard	Trudy Luke	Dannon Lacoste	Dr. Julie Lively (LSU Sea Grant biologist)
LaQuita Meek	Pete Gerica	Alphonse Cassagne	Vacant (University marine biologist)
Chalin Delaune		Rodney Parfait	Peyton Cagle (LDWF marine biologist)
Sheb Callahan		Britney Breaux	Dr. Jack Isaacs (LDWF economist)
		George Jackson	Major Edward Skena (LDWF enforcement agent)
		Vacant	Melissa Trosclair Daigle (LSU Sea Grant attorney)
		Vacant	Vacant (LSU fisheries economist)
			Dr. Jack Isaacs (LDWF economist)